Near East South Asia

Near East South Asia

Center for Strategic Studies

Col. Anne Moisan, USAF (ret.)

Professor Moisan is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the NESA Center. Prior to joining NESA in 2007, Anne Moisan concluded a military career spanning nearly three decades of public service. Retiring in 2006 as an Air Force colonel, she was a Joint Specialty Officer with extensive and progressively responsible experience in national security policy, strategy and operations. In Ms. Moisan’s final military assignment, she was Chief of Staff and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, during which she wrote and spoke on NATO, European, Mediterranean and Middle East security, as well as other political-military policy issues. Ms. Moisan’s earlier military career featured assignments as Assistant Director of NATO Policy within the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon; Deputy Director of the Secretary of the Air Force’s Action Group at the Pentagon; Commander of the 317th Recruiting Squadron at Andrews AFB; and International Strategic Programs Analyst at US European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Her military service also included eight years of international experience, encompassing two assignments in Germany as well as remote tours in Iceland and as commander of the expeditionary airbase on Diego Garcia.

    Education
  • M.S., National Security Strategy, National Defense University
  • M.A., International Affairs, University of Oklahoma
  • M.B.A., Golden Gate University
  • B.S., International Economics, Georgetown University
    Areas of Interest
  • National Security Policy
  • Peacekeeping and Reconciliation
  • Women's Role in Security
  • European and Middle Eastern Affairs

Anne Moisan, Associate Professor

 

Anne Moisan

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."

~ Reinhold Niebuhr

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    Suggested Readings
  • DeBartolo, D. (2008, May). Perceptions of Democracy Promotion. Part II: American Views. Project on Middle East Democracy.  [download]
  • Flournoy, M. and Schultz, T. (2007, June). Shaping U.S. Ground Forces for the Future: Getting Expansion Right. Center for a New American Security.